What would you ban tomorrow to address climate change / pollution?

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I would ban:

Glitter
Plastic sequins
Make up and cosmetics in plastic packaging
Toys that come with children's magazines and food boxes
Petrol vehicles
Clearing land for dairy / meat farming

I could go on but it would be a very long list!

I would also ban meat and diary products.

I would prefer to make it easier for people to make environmentally friendly choices, rather than banning things. For example I would subsidise public transport to make it cheaper than driving.

45TheABC - on Netflix is a film "What happened to Friday?" If you are looking at the future limiting of children.
completely missing the point

I would also install lots of water fountains. It's infuriating when I take a water bottle out with me but can't find anywhere to fill it up.

I'd ration meat and other animal products.

I'd ban private ownership of cars (but would need huge investment in public transport infrastructure).

I'd heavily tax takeaway drinks like Costa and bottled water.

I'd allow each person 2 return flights a year - anything else would be taxed prohibitively and need lengthy and boring justification, both to legal bodies but also at a social level.

The constant flow of unwanted leaflets that come through the letter box for pizza, double glazing etc and go straight into the recycling bin.
Yes to water fountains.
Lose fruit and veg in supermarkets but wrapped up in plastic.

*not wrapped up in plastic.

Tackle the big producers Unilever etc

Quota on business travel

More than two children per family

Kitty, it would be nice to help people to make better choices too. There are other things that we don't need, like hairspray or Happy Meal toys that I would like to see banned tomorrow.

Completely ban:
Single use carrier bags (both plastic and paper)
Plastic in tea bags
Most single use plastics
Junk mail
4x4s (unless deemed necessary for, say, agricultural purposes)

Yes to the water fountains!

I'd ban non-recyclable things. That's a whole lot of stuff! Not just plastics but all those appliances that can't be disassembled and recycled. I tried to recycle a broken fish tank recently - wrong kind of glass. So much landfill!

All single use plastic but especially plastic wrapped fruit and veg!

Move to 100% renewable on macro (farms) and micro (buildings) scale
Develop sustainable battery use that deals with battery resource issues
Address fuel economy issues (reduce fuel waste) and insulate buildings
Address farm carbon. How we farm. How we raise and feed animals.
Discourage meat and dairy.

Plastic is a problem, but it's climate change that is changing the world. Climate change that will result in mass extinctions, mass migration etc. Dealing with the plastic but ignoring climate change is like sticking a plaster on severed limb and thinking we did a good job.

Cheap plastic toys
Black plastic food containers
People who can't be arsed separating out their recycling and end up contaminating huge amounts of recyclable waste.

Simply increasing tax on 4x4s wouldnt do much, as youre probably well off in order to afford the petrol alone.. I would ban all large engine cars full stop, and fine any drivers who leave engines running while waiting..

My bug bear is the amount of man made fibre around, the fashion industry need to stop selling this crap or work out on a large scale, a way to recycle acrylic/ polyester/ nylon etc..

White goods that pack up after a couple of years! It used to be a washing machine could last at least 10 years, now its 2/3.. We live in a hideously disposable society, time to go back to 'made to last' items.

Flying

1 car (possibly 2) per family! A house down the road is ridiculous, 3 cars and 1 van! No kids just a couple with a little dog! I know obviously they won’t all be used at the same time so it doesn’t make much difference but I just think it’s a waste as the ones they don’t use through the week they loudly put the engine on a once week to keep the car battery charged!

Plastic. All plastic.
Disposable/single use products - nappies, sanitary products etc. Theres plenty of reusable alternatives out there now.

I’d get rid of:

• LOL surprise balls (basically, plastic tat that hasn’t even been chosen); and
• party bag tat.

I would ban polystyrene but I think it is used (in some form) in children’s car seats (the polystyrene crumpled on impact).

Cheap toys. People need to stop buying their kids mountains of shit they wont play with.
Pound shops.
Wipes.

Limit people to 1 return flight a year with a financial incentive if you don't use it. Businesses would be taxed heavily for any flights.
No fracking ever and a phasing out of petrol to electric and hydrogen cars. Like they did with unleaded years back.

Tmh88 if they've no children then their carbon footprint is likely smaller than yours!

I'd ban cheap flights. It's a disgrace it was ever allowed.

The pollution straight into the atmosphere is horrendous.